China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 474 Protest is ineffective
Having once been beaten by Wang Jing, Stephen Chow was filled with fear.

The main reason was that he was afraid of Li Yu who was standing behind Wang Jing.

Li Yu knows too much about commercial films.

The scripts produced by Li Yu always hit the audience's G-spot.

In addition, Wang Jing is filming "Detective Chinatown 2" this time.

Stephen Chow is a veteran in the film industry. He understands that a movie like this is unlikely to fail as long as the quality is not much worse than the previous one.

Master Xing really wants to curse.

I have already defeated him once, and crushed his "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" to the ground. Don't you think it's not enough? Do you want to beat his "The Mermaid" as well?
Even if you want to bully someone, you can't just bully him.

Wang Jing's dog-skin plaster tactics made him want to protest.

But he knew better than anyone that his protest was ineffective.

To use a classic line from "The God of Cookery", movies are similar to running and swimming. As long as he can qualify for the competition, Wang Jing can certainly choose the same competition.

The cinema chain is not owned by his family, so there is no reason why he can be on the Spring Festival schedule but Wang Jing cannot.

By the way, if theaters were really asked to choose between the two, they would most likely choose "Detective Chinatown 2" rather than his "The Mermaid".

In 2013, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was not well received from the start of filming to its release.

People don't believe that Stephen Chow would still have a market if he weren't an actor.

It just so happens that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was beaten by "Detective Chinatown", which really proved everyone's speculation.

The failure of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" made the situation of Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid" even worse, and more people were not optimistic about him.

Let’s look at “Detective Chinatown 2”.

After Wang Jing returned to Hong Kong, he announced that he was going to shoot "Detective Chinatown 2". Both the Hong Kong media and the mainland media were optimistic about it.

Let’s not talk about the outside world, let’s just talk about Stephen Chow himself.

Ask him to answer which movie is more likely to be a big hit, "Detective Chinatown 2" or "The Mermaid".

He doesn't even dare to say that the chances of "The Mermaid" being a success are greater than "Detective Chinatown 2".

In short, Wang Jing's sniping operation of aiming at Stephen Chow made him very uncomfortable.

He regretted it.

He was thinking that if he himself starred in the movie "The Mermaid", he would not be afraid even if Wang Jing asked Li Yu to work with him.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

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Mainland.

Fatty Fan asked, "Are netizens and the media being a little too harsh on Stephen Chow? He's just a newcomer in the profession of director. It's normal that he can't beat a veteran director like Wang Jing."

When Fan Xiaopang saw that a large group of people on the Internet predicted that "The Mermaid" would be beaten to a pulp by Wang Jing, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Stephen Chow.

Li Yu had a completely different view. He smiled and asked, "Who told you that Stephen Chow is a newcomer in the directing industry? Starting from "Flirting Scholar" in 1993, Stephen Chow has been writing, directing and acting in his own films.

During this period, the director's column was signed as Li Lichi.

Actors who have acted in the films in which Lee Lap-Chi collaborated with Stephen Chow know that Stephen Chow's words are more effective than Lee Lap-Chi's on the set.

After "Shaolin Soccer", Stephen Chow and Lee Lap-Chi parted ways.

Stephen Chow has become an independent director who has full control over the overall situation. The directors he collaborates with are basically just tools, and their power is not even as great as that of Li Lizhi.

He has been directing longer than I have. If he is a new director, then what am I? I am newer than him.”

"Is that right?"

Fan Xiaopang felt like he had learned something new.

She has never worked with Stephen Chow, and her understanding of him is far less than that of Li Yu.

"Okay, let's ignore Master Xing. Fighting Master Xing is Wang Jing's job. I no longer consider Master Xing as my opponent."

Li Yu ended the topic with two sentences and then changed the subject. "No one comes to see you for no reason. You, a person who does not come here for no reason, came to me today. You are not here just to express your sympathy for Master Xing, right?

After all, even if your words were heard by Stephen Chow, he would not hire you to act in a movie, because your style is totally incompatible with his movies."

"Can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?"

Fat Fan rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

Li Yu answered with "Haha".

Instead of believing what Fan Xiaopang said, he might as well believe that he was the reincarnation of Qin Shi Huang.

Since Li Yu had already seen through her, Fan Xiaopang simply stopped pretending and said directly, "Our "The Empress of China" has been scheduled to premiere on Xiangnan TV next month.

You should support our drama and help promote it, right? And ask your company's artists to repost it on Weibo."

Fan Xiaopang Studio is one of the producers of "The Empress of China".

Not only did Fan Xiaopang spend a lot of money, she was also the producer of the show, so of course she had to pay attention to it.

She just told Li Yu that the release date of our "The Empress of China" has been set, and she was not trying to force a connection with Li Yu.

Li Yu told Fan Xiaopang last year that if "The Empress of China" needed investment, he could invest some money.

Finally, Li Yu invested 3 million yuan in this TV series with a total investment of million yuan.

Fan Xiaopang asked Li Yu and the contracted artists of Hualiu Company to help promote the company, which was a reasonable request.

The drama became popular and made a lot of money, and Li Yu was one of the beneficiaries.

"It's no big deal. Once the show starts airing, I'll ask the artists in my company to help repost it on Weibo."

Li Yu said indifferently.

For him, it was just a small thing.

It is not a big deal for artists from Hualiu Company. They just forward new dramas of directors and actors they know and give them a few compliments in a tactful way. This is a compulsory course for every artist.

Sharp-eared Fatty Fan noticed a detail that made her unhappy: "Only the artists from your company? What about you? Don't you plan to promote our drama yourself?"

"Sister Binbin, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth."

"I know the quality of your drama. I am a famous director and I am personally endorsing a bad drama. I am praising it against my conscience. Isn't it too embarrassing? I can't throw my face away just to make money."

Li Yu refused.

It is impossible for him to endorse "The Empress of China", it is impossible in this lifetime.

His fans and netizens gave him the title of China's number one screenwriter.

He doesn't dare to call himself the number one screenwriter in China.

But he also takes care of his reputation.

Would a great screenwriter be unable to tell whether "The Empress of China" is a good drama or a bad one?
Li Yu is trying hard to praise "The Empress of China". Isn't this just slapping himself in the face?
"..."

Fat Fan was speechless.

How can anyone devalue a TV series that they invested in? Isn't that just destroying their own career?

Today is the first time that Fat Fan has seen such a thing.

Fan Xiaopang, who is both the lead actor and producer, was very dissatisfied with Li Yu's evaluation: "Li Yu, you are saying that the film and television works produced by my studio are too bad, aren't you? The Empress of China is not as bad as you say."

"Then I want to ask you, can you tell me three advantages of this drama that convince people?"

Li Yu asked with a contemptuous smile.

"Advantage one..."

Fan Xiaopang thought for a long time but couldn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)